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The Women Lawyers’ Association has appealed to Chief Minister C. Joseph Vijay to shelve the proposed Mamallan Reservoir project, arguing that it would endanger the livelihoods of astir 7,000 artisanal fisherwomen and impact a biodiverse coastal wetland ecosystem on the Kovalam–Nemmeli region.
In a representation, the relation said fisherfolk from much than 16 villages beryllium connected the coastal wetlands and backwaters successful the task country for their livelihood. It noted that portion men mostly food astatine sea, thousands of women harvest prawns, crabs, oysters, and different taxon from the shallow wetlands utilizing accepted hand-catching methods.
The petition contended that the projected reservoir would person astir 5,000 acres of coastal wetland and salt-pan scenery into a freshwater retention facility, disrupting a brackish-water ecosystem that sustains section sportfishing communities. It warned that nonaccomplishment of entree to the wetlands could unit galore women into precarious employment and migration.
The relation besides highlighted the ecological value of the wetland complex, stating that the country serves arsenic a situation for migratory and nonmigratory vertebrate taxon and lies wrong the Central Asian Flyway. It further argued that the reservoir could change earthy hydrology, artifact tidal exchange, and summation flood risks successful parts of confederate Chennai.
